Can Sudden Death in Young Athletes Be Prevented?

Today at the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) Dr. Mark S. Link, an electrophysiologist and Professor of Medicine, Tufts University, addressed the topic, "Athletes and Sudden Death Syndrome." Athletes and Sudden Death Syndrome (ASDS) is an often fatal syndrome occurring in young athletes. Dr. Link presented findings which showed that by following some very simple steps, lives could be saved. One step would be using safety baseballs and chest protectors for young baseball players. He outlined factors commonly associated with ASDS and the frequent underlying link to heart failure. Dr. Link discussed other athletic activities found to trigger ASDS, as well as other possible underlying (and undiagnosed) medical conditions i.e., hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Long QT Syndrome, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy and commotio cordis (see also Cardiomyopathy).

"While optimal screening measures have not yet been determined, research does show crucial measures to prevent death and injury in young athletes do exist," said Dr. Link. "For example, safety baseballs, which feel like standard balls but reduce the force of an impact would serve to reduce the incidence of sudden death with ball impact." Dr. Link listed factors that define high-risk groups for ASDS, such as age and gender, explaining that baseball is the sport most likely to cause an arrhythmia which can occur when a baseball is delivered at a certain velocity and hits an individual's chest at a precise moment during the cardiac cycle, causing an arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. Link added that a third preventative step would be to change the rules in certain sports. For example, a young college-aged male lacrosse player died while attempting to block a ball with his chest. The cause of his death was commotio cordis. Should rules for sports be changed to help prevent these avoidable catastrophes?

Mortality rates in Athlete Sudden Death Syndrome are most common in the 25 and younger age group, most occurring between the ages of 5 - 16. "Athlete Sudden Death Syndrome in relation to heart failure opens a very important forum for the prevention of these deaths considering the large percentage of the population that is involved with athletics and especially because the average age ASDS affects is so very young," said Dr. Barry Greenberg, HFSA President and Professor of Medicine, and Director, Advanced Heart Failure Treatment Program, University of California, San Diego.

For a complete list of annual meeting sessions or for details on attending the conference, call (617) 226-7192 or visit www.hfsa.org and click on Annual Scientific Meeting. There is no registration fee for accredited journalists. Interview areas will be available on-site in addition to a fully-staffed press room with phone and internet accessibility.

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This article was prepared by Heart Disease Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2008, Heart Disease Weekly via NewsRx.com.

Franklin opens sales office to service mid-Atlantic territory.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1997-- Franklin Telecom (OTC/BB:FTEL) Monday announced that effective June 1, 1997, it is opening a new sales office, based in Raleigh, N.C., to serve the mid-Atlantic region.

The new office will service accounts in North and South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Georgia.

Eileen Rouse has been named mid-Atlantic sales manager. She previously served as sales administration manager for Franklin's headquarters in Westlake Village. Rouse brings 20 years of experience in sales within high-tech industries to her new position. Prior to working for Franklin, Rouse was sales administration manager for Xircom and Penril Datability Networks.

Frank Peters, Franklin's president and chief executive officer, expressed satisfaction at Rouse rejoining Franklin's sales force. "Ms. Rouse has proven herself an exceptional talent in high-tech sales. When we looked to establish a stronger corporate presence in the mid-Atlantic area, I was delighted to be able to secure her services to spearhead this enterprise. She has qualities of vitality and dedication that invariably lead to success."

Rouse will oversee sales for Franklin Telecom's full line of hardware products and FNet Internet services as well as satellite solutions offered through Franklin's subsidiary Internet PassPort in Atlanta but her special focus will be on Franklin's recently introduced Cyclone product.

According to Rouse, "I am very much looking forward to this new challenge. This is a geographic region which has explosive potential for growth. I know the Franklin product line will do well here. I am particularly excited at being able to introduce the Cyclone into this area."

The primary business of Franklin Telecom, founded in 1981, is the design and manufacturing of communications devices, high-speed LAN, WAN & Telco Systems and software, Franklin has an installed base of over 100,000 nodes worldwide.

Franklin Telecom has produced innovative voice and data communications products for over 16 years based on the engineering philosophy that connectivity products should be reliable, high speed, reasonably priced and easy to use. FNet, Franklin's Internet division, is a national, full-service Internet Service Provider which focuses on corporate and professional Internet usage.

For additional information contact Helen West at Franklin headquarters: 800/FRANKLIN.

For the latest up-to-minute information about Franklin's family of companies visit the company's web site: http://www.ftel.com .

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Helen West, 800/FRANKLIN

get a second chance.

ATMs are all things that customers expect to be working and working well. Where you exceed customer expectations, and therefore drive greater customer satisfaction, which ultimately drives customer advocacy, is in face-to-face interaction. That's why branches are so important."

A pleasant experience with a bank employee in a branch - no matter how minor - has a much larger impact than an ATM working fine.

"That's the key, that's why the branch network has to be relevant for customers," says Besant.

"They have to be in the right location - seven-day openings, the convenience in malls, those elements all have to come into play."

He admits that the banks have learned from the past.

"I think one of the lessons banks have learned, particularly during the 1990s, is that the branches are really important to customer satisfaction. From my perspective the branch network will continue to be a big driver of customer satisfaction and advocacy."

But that doesn't mean banks can stand still. "The lesson that the industry has learned is to make sure that our branches remain relevant. "

Chris Bayliss, BNZ's general manager of retail banking, is coy about pending changes to its branches.

There are, he says, "some new initiatives rolling out this year."

"While we've seen an increase in online banking, we still have a large customer base who want a face-to-face experience in the form of friendly fast service in convenient locations," says Bayliss. "The branch network will always be a critical part of the business and an important part of meeting customer needs."

Westpac's chief operating officer, consumer banking, Graeme Sayers, says the number of branches in its network has stayed steady in recent years, with a slight rise from 195 in 2005 to 198 now.

There has, however, been a "subtle redistribution" with new branches opening at the big malls, such as Sylvia Park and at Albany in Auckland.

"Bank branch use has shifted, with more smaller transactions being completed via ATM machines and through online banking," says Sayers.

"Online banking use for Westpac is growing at a rate exceeding 20 per cent but we are still finding that branches have a major role to play in people's lives.

"The conversations held at branch level are also very important and valued by customers, and enable the bank to build levels of loyalty."

The branch is also a useful channel for selling other products, such as KiwiSaver accounts.

In overall terms, transactions are reducing slowly, but there is still a steady demand for personal "money in and money out services".

"Although the predictions several years ago were about customers migrating all or most of their banking from the face-to-face channels to the internet, this has not occurred, the internet remains a value-add product and has the potential to be even more functionally rich," says Sayers.

"The strategy at Westpac is to remain with a distributed branch network that can continue to service customers' day-to-day transactions but also focus on the more complex, specialised and personal requirements that all customer segments continue to request."

So once knocked around, consigned to a slow and dreary death, the bank branch is back - with a flash new look and a better appreciation in the boardroom of how a person can do things no ATM ever can.

Midday Report & Alerts Wednesday, August 10 CWTI, EITFF, IAIC, NXPW.

M2 PRESSWIRE-10 August 2005-Beacon Equity Research: Midday Report & Alerts Wednesday, August 10 CWTI, EITFF, IAIC, NXPW(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Arlington, Texas: Clean Water Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: CWTI) Up 85% Early, Eiger Technology, Inc. (TSX: AXA, OTCBB: ETIFF) turns profitable in third quarter, Information Analysis Inc. (OTCBB: IAIC) Reports Second Quarter Results, and NextPhase Wireless (OTCBB: NXPW) Up 24% On Financials.

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Clean Water Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: CWTI) and its subsidiaries hold a license for clean water technology developed at University of South Florida to remove arsenic from drinking water. It sublicenses clean water technology to International Water Purification Technologies, LLC. The company was formerly known as Nu Electric Corporation and changed its name to Clean Water Technologies, Inc. in April 2002. Clean Water Technologies is based in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

Eiger Technology, Inc. (ETIFF) announces results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2005. For the three months ended June 30, 2005, net income was $85,000 ($0.00 per share) vis a vis a net loss of $816,000 ($0.02 per share) during the same period last year, and a net loss of $300,000 ($0.01 per share) in the previous quarter. Eiger has filed its financial statements and Management Discussion and Analysis for the third quarter of fiscal 2005 on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). Eiger Technology, Inc., headquartered in Toronto, Ontario is a publicly traded company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. For more information please call (416) 216-8659 of refer to www.sedar.com.

Information Analysis Inc. (IAIC) reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2005. Revenues were $3,006,000 up 39% from the $2,158,000 reported in 2004's second quarter. The Company reported net income of $148,000, or $0.01 per share, compared to net income of $59,000, or $0.01 per share in 2004's second quarter. For the six months ended June 30, 2005, IAI had revenue of $5,193,000, up from the $4,274,000 reported for six months ending June 30, 2004. Net income for the first six months of fiscal 2005 was $220,000, or $0.02 per share, versus net income of $112,000, or $0.01 per share, in the comparable 2004 period.

NextPhase Wireless (NXPW), Inc. provides wireless broadband Internet connectivity and turnkey wireless solutions in Orange County, California. It designs, deploys, and operates a wireless Wi-Fi and Wi-Max interactive broadband network. The company's services include wireless digital subscriber line, voice over wireless local area network services, wireless backup services, Web hosting, and co-location services, as well as wireless network installation, maintenance, and monitoring services. It offers its services to business class customers, government agencies, and consumer class Internet users. NextPhase Wireless is headquartered in Anaheim, California.

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New Mexico travelers are not rushing to Athens for Summer Olympics.

By Charlotte Balcomb Lane, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 12--ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Americans may be traveling the world again but apparently not many from New Mexico are traveling to this summer's Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Albuquerque travel agents report that bookings are slim for trips to the Olympics. The Summer Games are scheduled to begin Friday and conclude on Aug. 29.

"Greece is not a big draw," said Craig Pavlus, owner of Pavlus Travel & Cruise, which sells discount cruises and tours around the country, mostly through the Internet.

Pavlus blames a fear of terrorism and high prices for hotel rooms and airline tickets for the general lack of interest.

Paul DuBruille, owner of Bolack Total Travel, said terrorism fears are a concern for many travelers. During past Olympic games, sports fans would pay whatever the cost was for tickets and hotel rooms, but that doesn't seem to hold true this year.

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Cyber-cremation.

AMSTERDAM: Mourners will soon be able to see their loved ones cremated on the Internet.

The service is intended for people who work abroad or are unable to leave home for reasons such as illness. But the general public will not be able to access the website, which will need a special password issued only to families.

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U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for April 2.

WASHINGTON, April 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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SATURDAY, APRIL 2: DRAWING NEW POLITICAL BOUNDARIES

Profile America -- Saturday, April 2nd. One of the most intense uses of new data flowing from the 2010 Census has been under way for some weeks -- as official local data arrives at each of the 50 states. By law, all of this data must have been delivered to the states by yesterday. The arrival of this data has started the process of drawing new political boundaries for each state's congressional districts, as well as seats in the state legislature, county or city councils and school boards. This process, known as redistricting, is often highly political and contested. Earlier, 2010 Census data were used to determine the number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives allotted to each state. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Facts for Features, CB10-FFSE.05

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau